During the weekend ending on May 27, 2024, the action movie "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" was the highest-grossing movie worldwide, with global box office revenue of almost 60 million U.S. dollars. "The Garfield Movie came in second position with less than 40 million U.S. dollars.
The global box office
In 2021, worldwide box office revenue grew by over 80 percent, standing at around 21.3 billion dollars. Despite the increase, the figure amounted to little more than half of the 42.3-billion-dollar result recorded in 2019, before the pandemic. But the slow recovery is not homogeneous. Box office gross in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, for instance, skyrocketed by about 88 percent in 2021. APAC alone accounted for more than half of the global value that year.
3D movies worldwide
The COVID-19 outbreak impacted the 3D segment in particular since the use of this technology often aims at attracting viewers to theaters. In 2021, 3D films' share in global box office revenue stood below seven percent. Two years earlier, it surpassed 15 percent. A decrease in premieres in the most influential cinema market on the planet is both cause and consequence of that reduced percentage. In 2020 and 2021, the number of 3D movies released in the U.S. and Canada amounted to 12. Between 2012 and 2019, that figure had never stood below 33.
Weekend box office revenue of the 10 highest-grossing movies worldwide as of May 27, 2024
(in million U.S. dollars)
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comScore. (May 31, 2024). Weekend box office revenue of the 10 highest-grossing movies worldwide as of May 27, 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235423/worldwide-weekend-box-office-revenue/
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comScore. "Weekend Box Office Revenue of The 10 Highest-grossing Movies Worldwide as of May 27, 2024 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235423/worldwide-weekend-box-office-revenue/
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Weekend box office revenue of the 10 highest-grossing movies worldwide as of May 27, 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], comScore, May 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235423/worldwide-weekend-box-office-revenue/